Aubrey grew up in the shadows of the streets, rising into one of the most powerful drug lords in the city. Taylor grew up beside him - his childhood best friend, his high school sweetheart, and now a sworn officer of the law. Bound by a past neither of them can walk away from, they've managed to keep their love alive deep into their late twenties. But their world is fragile, built on lies, secrets, and quiet deals made in the dark. She's supposed to bring men like him down. He's supposed to stay far from women like her. Yet they can't let go. As Aubrey expands his empire and Taylor risks everything to protect him, the walls start closing in. Friends turn into threats, enemies circle closer, and one wrong move could expose everything they've fought to hide. How long can a love like theirs survive when the badge and the streets are destined to collide?

Nori Michaels has heard horror stories about the south from every family member possible. They were even more appalled when they were informed that Nori managed to get a very well paying job in Texas for a very influential white family. They saw it as a death sentence. Nori saw it as an opportunity. She was too ambitious for her own good. Nori thought she could handle anything thrown at her until the house owners brute of a son comes to stay for while. Oh Nori was not prepared for him...

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❝Oh, Oakley. . . What have you done?❞ Well, they say it's best to start at the beginning, but when the story gets so twisted and out of hand, who really knows where the beginning starts? The Outer Banks is not the paradise Earth talks about. It's nowhere near the Eden, and it's oceans hide the stories that lie underneath it with such ferocity no one has ever dared defy it to uncover the truth. No one ever expects a book not to end in a happily ever after. We're never warned about the possible turn in events, so we always expect the sun to shine once more and the dead to rise again. But like in every other story, nothing can always go well. And this wouldn't be a book if it had always been doomed to have a merry climax and an even merrier ending. And the island is about to realize that we should never trust anyone. Not even ourselves- Much less ourselves. That danger hides where you least expect it. The story of the Pogues is about to become the story of the paradisiacal island of the Outer Banks. Oakley Clifton is about to realize that love will always overpower every feeling inside her body. And JJ Maybank is about to find out that he truly, honestly needs nothing more than one soul to swim through the tsunami of the mayhem. Unconsciously, the Pogues learn that love goes beyond anything they've ever known. And it becomes all they know. BOOK 2 OF THE "THE MESS WE'VE MADE" SERIES.

"the sunkissed ones, they leave a sweetness with you that changes the air you breathe forever." Blair Dalton was the Queen B of Figure Eight -perfect on the outside, always playing by the rules. But everything changed when JJ Maybank came into the picture. His wild energy, ocean-blue eyes, and dangerous charm pulled her into his chaos. And then there was Rafe Cameron, a storm she couldn't escape. He was everything she told herself she shouldn't want, the one who could destroy her life with one careless move. But the tension between them, the pull of forbidden desire, had Blair questioning everything. Living on the edge of the wealthy Kooks and the reckless Pogues, Blair was torn between two worlds-one of luxury, the other of lawlessness. JJ's fiery passion offered an escape, but Rafe's dark allure called her back to what she couldn't resist. In the world of treasure hunts, family feuds, and endless betrayals, Blair was caught in the chaos. And though she tried to keep control, she knew that sooner or later, she'd be drowning-whether by Rafe's recklessness or JJ's fire. OC x JJ Maybank OC x Rafe Cameron "Lift up your head princess, if not the crown falls."

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❛And then there's Avery. JJ was obsessed with her. You couldn't keep her away from the water long enough and she was always talking about something we didn't really understand. I don't know how she does it, but she's the type to make you come back for more. Probably explains why the Kooks and the Pogues fight over her. The thing is, Avery was like the waves. You never knew what she'd do next, but all you could do was enjoy the ride. I guess it's a good thing that JJ's the best surfer I know, huh?❜ ― WHERE the girl who has her head in the clouds and her heart in the ocean finds herself back in North Carolina because of her paranoid father, completely unaware of the erratic blue-eyed surfer she left heartbroken a year ago when their abrupt restart is fueled by his fear that she might meet the same fate as her mother, but JJ Maybank was determined to make Avery Cartwright remember just how perfect they were together, and maybe solve a century-old mystery along the way too. ( 𝙟𝙟 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙭 𝙤𝙘 ) ( 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙚 ) ©-moncher

When two people like each other, but never say it. [ Season one, two, and three of Outer Banks ] jj maybank x fem!oc published: 24 february 2021 completed: ?

It's 2006 and Beyonce just released her newest album "B'Day." She's on the covers of Vogue, adding more Grammy's to her collection and soon becoming the next best thing. In the middle of her popularity, she travels back home to Louisiana for her mother's birthday. She never expected to meet Micheal, a handsome cowboy living with his girlfriend on a small farm. He is charming and kind, his charisma is what captivates Beyonce to know more about him. As time progresses, she can't stay away and soon a deadly obsession appears. She won't let him go, her feelings for him are too strong. And she will do whatever it takes to make him hers.

THE PICTURE OF YOU - a Rafe Cameron story - ••••• ••••• ••••• ••••• When Rafe Cameron fell wildly in love with Myra Maybank, two worlds collided, a pouge and a kook. Honestly, how badly could a wild vagabond heart break? Points: about JJ Maybank's little sister, slowburn enemies to lovers, pouges vs kooks TRIGGERWARNING! The story contains mature subjects such as; swearing, drugs, alcohol, partying, sexual content, abuse, fighting, guns ect.